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Help and advice for Kinross-shire

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Kinross-shire

"KINROSS-SHIRE, inland Co. of Scotland; is bounded W. and N. by Perthshire, and E. and S. by Fifeshire; greatest length, N. and S., 10 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 12 miles; 46,485 ac.; pop. 6697. After Clackmannan, Kinross is the smallest Co. in Scotland. The surface presents the appearance of a level plain almost surrounded by hills - the Ochil Hills in the NW., the Lomond Hills in the E., Benarty Hill in the S., and the Cleish Hills in the SW.; in the centre of this plain is Loch Leven. The higher regions are principally devoted to cattle and sheep farming; the low-lying lands are well sheltered and tolerably fertile. Limestone and sandstone are abundant, and coal is found in the S. The mfrs. are woollens (including plaids, shawls, &c.) and linens. Loch Leven is famous for its trout fishing. The Co. contains 4 pars. and 3 parts, the police burgh of Kinross, the vil. of Milnathort, and part of the vil. of Kelty. The cos. of Kinross and Clackmannan jointly return 1 member to Parliament."

"We have the basic sources for Kinross-shire family history research in the A K Bell Library in Perth - these are listed on our Familia page. Two things which may not be listed are a) the Index to the 1851 census of Kinross-shire, published recently in two paperback volumes, and b) a good, though incomplete, run of the Kinross-shire Advertiser."

"The Kinross (Marshall) Museum" site was published early in December 1998 as part of a scheme to find a home for the contents of the museum, once part of the Town Hall and Carnegie Libary complex.

A number of books about the people of Kinross-shire have been published:

"Distinguished men of the county, or Biographical annals of Kinross-shire"
by Thomas T. Tod, published at Kinross in 1934.

"The Annals of Kinross-Shire AD490 - 1884 "
Published by Fossoway & District Community Council.
This was (mostly) available at the museum web-site. It can be recovered by googling "Way Back Machine" and inserting the dead URLs starting http://www.kinrossmuseum.co.uk/annals1.htm running up to http://www.kinrossmuseum.co.uk/annals4.htm in the box.

"About Kinross-shire and its folk"
by Robert S. Young, published at Perth in 1948

"Monumental inscriptions in Kinross-shire" by John Fowler Mitchell and Sheila Mitchell published 1967 by the Scottish Genealogy Society.
A reprinted edition of this volume may be purchased from the society.

Original burial and lair records are held in Kinross, at the old "County Buildings" and are available on request. These are curently being transcribed into a computer database, and you can make inquiries to:

1851 CENSUS - KINROSS - Name Index This index is now complete. It is available for searching at the TAY VALLEY FHS Research Centre and has been published (see TVFHS Bookshop Page). It covers the whole parishes of Cleish, Fossoway & Tulliebole, Kinross, Orwell and Portmoak, and parts of Arngask and Forgandenny. For each person, the full name, age, birthplace and census schedule reference are provided.

For information on records for a particular parish, please see that parish's page.

The Kirk Session of a parish consists of the minister of the parish and the elders of the congregation. It looks after the general wellbeing of the congregation and, particularly in centuries past, parochial discipline. Most Kirk Session records are held in the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh and can be fascinating reading.

Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths began in Scotland on 1st January 1855. These and other records are held at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh.

The "McKirdy Index" Death Records - an "Analytical Index to the Statutory Registers of Death for Scotland" (1855-1875) are now available. For Kinross-shire these take the form of a 2 microfiche set.

A list of Kinross-shire Motor Vehicle registrations, showing details of the vehicles and their owners is presented at the The Friends of Dundee City Archives web-site. It lists those vehicles originally registered in Kinross-shire from 1904 - 1952, along with names and addresses of the owners.

A Scottish Record Society publication "The Commissariot Record of St.Andrews, Register of Testaments 1549-1800" published in 1902 contains an index of testaments in the National Records of Scotland for all of the county except the Parish of Fossoway.

Sasine records are concerned with changes in the ownership of land. The original records are kept at the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh and indexes for the earlier years have been published:

"Index to secretary's register of sasines for sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross preserved in HM General Register House: 1603-1609"
published in 1963 at Edinburgh by HMSO.

"Index to particular register of sasines for sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross preserved in HM General Register House: 1617-1660"
published in 1965 at Edinburgh by HMSO.

www.kinross.cc is a non-profit making site that has been set up as a joint venture by the Kinross Community Council and the Kinross-shire Partnership to provide a comprehensive guide to the area for visitors.

The Kinross & District Pipe Band has been in existance since 1946. Their web-site traces their history.

For a social and economic record of the parishes of Kinross-shire, together with masses of statistical material, see Sir John Sinclair's "Statistical Account of Scotland" which was compiled in the 1790s. The account for "South and East Perthshire and Kinross-shire" was reprinted in facsimile form in 1976 by EP Publishing Limited of Wakefield, England.

Follow-up works to this were the New Statistical Account (also known as the Second Statistical Account) which was prepared in the 1830s and 1840s; and more recently the Third Statistical Account which has been prepared since the Second World War.

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